Animated liquor pourer



May 12, 1964 A. FREED ANIMATED LIQUOR POURER Filed July 18, 1962 INVENTOR 14190040 @550 United States Patent 3,132,770 ANIIVIATED LIQUQR PQURER Arnold Freed, 116 E. 91st St, New York, N.Y. Filed .luly 18, 1962, Ser. No. 210,760 2 Claims. ((Ii. 222-78) This invention relates to the field of pouring devices and has for its objective the provision of a combination liquor pourer and animated eye device activated by the positional change of the pourer to attract the attention of the user for his amusement as well as to direct his attention to an appropriate bon mot disposed above the eye device, suitable for either his amusement or for an admonition.

In the present state of the art we find liquor pourers which are concerned only with the regulation of the quantity of liquor being poured from a bottle, and the degree of flow, depending on the size of the canal or opening.

It is therefore an important object of my invention to provide a liquor pourer which will also provide amusement to the user in the process of pouring the liquor from the bottle.

Another important object of my invention is to provide a liquor pourer which will direct the users attention to some appropriate advice or admonition.

A third important object of my invention lies in the provision of a liquor pourer which is easy to assembly and inexpensive to produce.

These and other salient objects, advantages and functional features of my invention, together with the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, will be more readily apparent from an examination of the following description, taken with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side perspective View of a preferred embodiment of my invention shown secured to a bottle, in horizontal position for pouring its contents;

FIG. 2 is a side perspective view of the liquor pourer of FIG. 1, with the bottle tilted to a vertical position;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the pourer shown in FIG. 1; and

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on lines 4-4 of FIG. 2.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout the different views.

Illustrative of the embodiment shown, my liquor pourer 10 comprises a hollow circular stopper portion 11 extending into an enlarged body portion 12 which branches into two hollow arms 13 and 14, an internal partition 15 dividing the pourer 10 into two separate channels 16 and 18, the channel 16 being of larger cross-section and terminating in a pouring spout 17, while the channel 18 leads to an air vent 19. The stopper portion 11 is provided with a sleeve 20, of cork or similar'material, adapted to frictionally engage the interior Wall of the neck of a bottle 21 when the stopper portion 11 is forced thereinto. Intermediate the stopper portion 11 and the body 12 there is provided a circular flange 22 adapted to seal the neck of the bottle 21 when the stopper 11 is fully inserted.

Between the arms 13 and 14 the pourer 10 is enlarged to define a recess 23 of substantially hemioctagonal contour, which is adapted to receive and frictionally engage a simulated human eye 24. Above the recess 23 the pourer 10 is provided with an integral flat plate portion 25, on which an appropriate bon mot may be impressed or disposed, as will hereinafter be described.

The eye 24 comprises a convex shell 26 with an opening 27 suitably dimensioned to expose an iris and pupil element, or lens 28, and is secured to a hollow socket 29 by a lip arrangement 38, the shell 26 and socket 29 being slotted at their joining side edges to form suitable pin sockets 31. The lens 28 is mounted on an approximately hemispherical shell 32, which has depicted above the lens 28 and eyelid 33, and eyelashes 34 are mounted between the lens 28 and the eyelid 33, as shown. The shell 32 is furtherprovided with a pin 35 extending across its rear, whose ends are adapted to be secured within the pin sockets 31 to rotate the shell 32 after it is secured within the shell 26 and socket 29, and the shell 32 is also provided with an integral gravity Weight 36 having a stop bar 37 to limit rotation of the shell 32 so as to expose the lens 28 through the opening 27 when the liquor pourer 10 is held horizontally, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, and to expose the eyelid 33 through the opening 27 when the pourer 10 is a held in a vertical position, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4. Swivel movement for these alternate exposures is restricted in this manner by the engagement of the bar 37 with appropriate beads 38 on the inner surface of the socket 29.

The various parts of the eye 24 are prefereably made of plastic (except for the eyelashes 34 which are necessarily made of hair), but these parts may be made of any other suitable material as well. The parts of the pourer 10 are likewise preferably of plastic, but metal or any other suitable material may be availed of.

Coming now to the impression or imprint on the plate 25, which is located just over the eye 24, various phrases or bon mots may be employed, the number of variations being unlimited. They may be humorous or admonitory. For example, the pharse Heres Looking at You is employed on the embodiment shown by the drawings. Other amusing bon mots, such as Have an Eye Opener, or Is Your Eye as Clear as Mine?, may be substituted. In a more admonitory vein, such phrases as Dont Forget Who Is Driving, or Are You Keeping Count?, or How Many Does This Make?, etc., may be used. With respect to such variations, the plate 25, instead of having a phrase impressed thereon, may be provided blank and grooved at its sides and bottom, so that cards, each having a different bon mot, may be selectively inserted at the whim of the owner or user.

In use and operation of my invention the pourer 10 is secured to a liquor bottle 21 so that the stopper 11 is tightly secured within its neck. In standing position of the bottle 21 the eye 24 is closed, with the lid 33 covering the opening 27, or exposed therethrough, held in such position by the gravity weight 36. When the bottle 21 is tilted to a horizontal position to pour a drink the gravity weight 36 rotates the shell 32 to slide the eyelid 34 behind the shell 26 exposing the eye lens 28 through the opening 27. When the bottle 21 is returned to vertical position the gravity weight 36 rotates the shell 32 to its original position, as shown in FIG. 2.

The embodiment above described, and shown by the drawings, is by way of illustration only, and various changes may be made in the construction, composition and arrangement of parts without limitation on or departure from the spirit and scope of'the invention, or

sacrificing any of the advantages thereof inherent therein, all of which are claimed.

Having described rny invention, I claim: 1. An animated l quor pourer comprising in combination apouring element and a simulated eye element, the

pouring element provided with an intermediate external radial flange to define thereof a body portion and a stopper portion, the pouring element being partitioned internally to define a pouring channel. and an air channel, the eye element being disposed within arecess in the body portion of the pourer and comprising a hemispherical outer shell secured to a hollow socket andprovided with an eyeball opening, an approximately hemispherical inner shell disposed within the outer shell and provided with a simulated eyeball, eyelid and eyelash portions, the inner 9 shell being pivotally mounted within the outer shell to jacent the eye element adapted to be impressed with a alternately expose the eyeball or the eyelid through the hon mot. opening in the outer shell, and means integral With the inner shell to pivot the inner shell so as to expose its eye- Refefellses Cited in the file Of this Patent ball portion when the pourer is supported in a horizontal 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS position and to pivot the inner shell so as to expose the P 721,971 Shafer et al. Mar. 3, 1903 gsgzliziolporuon when thpourer 1s suppolted in a vertical 2,477,984 Jackson Aug 2, 1949 i p 2,819,824 Ebert Ian. 14, 1958 2. An animated liquor pourer as described 1n claim 1, 2,963,818 Brudney Dec 13, 1960 the pouring element being provided with a fiat plate ad- 10 

1. AN ANIMATED LIQUOR POURER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A POURING ELEMENT AND A SIMULATED EYE ELEMENT, THE POURING ELEMENT PROVIDED WITH AN INTERMEDIATE EXTERNAL RADIAL FLANGE TO DEFINE THEREOF A BODY PORTION AND A STOPPER PORTION, THE POURING ELEMENT BEING PARTITIONED INTERNALLY TO DEFINE A POURING CHANNEL AND AN AIR CHANNEL, THE EYE ELEMENT BEING DISPOSED WITHIN A RECESS IN THE BODY PORTION OF THE POURER AND COMPRISING A HEMISPHERICAL OUTER SHELL SECURED TO A HOLLOW SOCKET AND PROVIDED WITH AN EYEBALL OPENING, AN APPROXIMATELY HEMISPHERICAL INNER SHELL DISPOSED WITHIN THE OUTER SHELL AND PROVIDED WITH A SIMULATED EYEBALL, EYELID AND EYELASH PORTIONS, THE INNER SHELL BEING PIVOTALLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE OUTER SHELL TO ALTERNATELY EXPOSE THE EYEBALL OR THE EYELID THROUGH THE OPENING IN THE OUTER SHELL, AND MEANS INTEGRAL WITH THE INNER SHELL TO PIVOT THE INNER SHELL SO AS TO EXPOSE ITS EYEBALL PORTION WHEN THE POURER IS SUPPORTED IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION AND TO PIVOT THE INNER SHELL SO AS TO EXPOSE THE EYELID PORTION WHEN THE POURER IS SUPPORTED IN A VERTICAL POSITION. 